Next Steps

Blue and gold streamers fall upon graduates at commencement

Our Degrees

Your Selections

law/government

A student smiles over a city planning map

Major

Community and Regional Development

Do you enjoy working with people in communities? Do you want to manage communities and transform organizations?

A professor of 18th century literature poses next to her book collection

Major

Comparative Literature

Are you intrigued by the different ways different cultures tell their stories? Do you like learning languages and using them to connect to a culture’s arts and history?

UC Davis civil and environmental engineering graduate student Kaveh Zamani, right, showing a student how to use an instrument

Minor

Construction Engineering and Management

California's construction industry continues to experience high growth as it continues to accommodate increasing population and as it faces renewal of much of the infrastructure built by previous generations. At the same time, the construction industry faces challenges of scarce materials, a need for decreased environmental impact in terms of the construction process itself and operation of the completed project, and a more complex operational, regulatory and social context in which it must do its work. The purpose of this minor is to better prepare professional civil and environmental engineers to thrive in this challenging industry, and to improve the efficiency of delivery and sustainability of the civil infrastructure in the state through their future efforts. It is expected that engineering students will enroll in this minor program, including civil, mechanical, chemical and materials science majors. Students from other colleges can also complete this minor, but it is recommended that they review the requirements with one of the advisors before enrolling. Students who are interested in construction of infrastructure in their discipline can make use of the skills that will be learned through completion of this minor.

A female student poses in front of the state capitol building

Minor

Contemporary Leadership

The science and society program offers a minor in contemporary leadership, open to all undergraduate students regardless of major.

Graduate Program

Cultural Studies

Cultural studies offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of culture and society that highlights how sexuality, race, ability, citizenship, gender, nationality, class, and language organiz

A teaching assistant leans over to assist a student during an engineering class.

Minor

Data in Society

The Data in Society minor provides students with skills to work with and think critically about data in a variety of academic, administrative, and industrial domains.

Major

East Asian Studies

Firecrackers. TikTok. Anime. K-pop. Two of the largest world economies. Some of the longest-lasting civilizations. A quarter of the world population.

Graduate Program

Ecology (Joint Program with San Diego State University)

The JDPE is a doctoral degree that is run jointly by the Ecology Program at San Diego State University and the Ecology Graduate Group at UC Davis.

Students concentrate during a UC Davis Graduate School of Management class

Major

Economics

The study of economics is the study of choices. How should a society allocate and distribute its resources? Which needs should have the highest priority and which are less important?

Graduate Program

Economics

Students gain advanced knowledge of modern economic theory, both in the areas of microeconomics and macroeconomics, and advanced proficiency in econometrics and quantitative methods.